The Nigerian Open was a golf tournament in Nigeria, played between 1969 and 1999.
[1] From 1997 to 1999 it was played at the IBB International Golf & Country Club in Abuja.
[citation needed] It was an fixture on the Safari Circuit until 1993, and also a Challenge Tour event between 1990 and 1993.
In 1981, England's Peter Tupling set the record low 72 hole score in professional tournament golf, when he won the title with a 29 under par total of 255.
[2] Notable past champions include major winners Vijay Singh and Sandy Lyle and former Ryder Cup player Gordon J.